November 2009

Christmas Music on the iPhone

November 29, 2009

The day after Thanksgiving my wife and I were driving to the mall, listening to regular tunes from my iPhone over the PS082709006car speakers, when she asked if I had any Christmas music. I was embarrassed to say my collection was only three songs, which I had identified and purchased last year using the

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A Ten Step Guide to Creating Free Ringtones the iPhone

November 26, 2009
  1. Open iTunes and select a song that’s not copy protected (m4a extension)
    • iTunes started out selling music files with copy protection (m4p extension)
  2. Right click and select “Create AAC Version”
    • I will call this copy 1
  3. Listen to the copy 1 song and find a section you would like to record as a ringtone
    • I don’t
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SMS and MMS Messaging on the iPhone

November 23, 2009

Definitions

Messages App

I just want to get some pesky definitions out of the way because I always trip-out over them when they appear in print.

Short Messaging Service (SMS) allows the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephones. Multimedia

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iPhone Uses While Traveling

November 17, 2009

I was going to title this “iPhone apps used while traveling,” but realized that Google Reader wasn’t an app, it’s just my Google Reader page saved as an icon on the iPhone Home Screen.

So here is my list:
Mail app
TweetDeck app
Facebook app
Google Reader
Compass app
Flight Aware app
Evernote app
Notes app
Stitcher app
CNN app
The Weather Channel app
iPod app
USA Today app
AP Mobile app
Bloomberg app
Kindle app
ESPN Score Center app
WordPress app
Google Voice
Loopt app
Latitude app
Google Tasks
Cameras app
Photo

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iPhone Calling

November 11, 2009

Native iPhone app

Making calls using the iPhone’s native phone app can be done in several ways. You can punch in numbers on the keypad and hit call; switch to contacts, select someone and then pick one of their numbers; switch to Favorites and dial a favorite number with one press; switch to Recents and call by selecting a recent caller; or switch to voice mail and listen to a

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The iPhone – How my Life has Changed

November 9, 2009

More than a phoneiPhone

The iPhone is more than just a phone. Let me count thy ways: Phone, text messaging, email, internet, camera, video camera, iPod, compass, voice memos, YouTube, Google Maps with assisted GPS, clock, calculator, notes, and built-in apps for weather, stocks, iTunes, and the App Store where you can get more functionality through applications. I could write

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The GPS

November 6, 2009

In 19lost with map94 I started traveling full-time as a consultant. A Global Positioning System (GPS) device wasn’t an option back then so I printed out a lot of MapQuest directions. By the way, a consultant is someone who can’t get employment in their home state. ;-)

In 2006 I received a GPS for my

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The iPod

November 4, 2009

As I mentioned in an earlier post, my wife gave me an iPod as a gift some years ago (2004). At the time, I didn’t consider myself a big music guy. My entire collection consisted of a handful of CD’s and most of my music listening was done from the car over the FM radio since we didn’t have a home stereo system.

During

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3 Great Products

November 1, 2009

In the last 5 years I have come across three products that I consider to be extraordinary in terms of their functionality and usefulness to me.

  1. iPod Nano
  2. GPS
  3. iPhone

For me, there are several things that make up a quality product. It works. It is intuitive; you don’t need to read the entire manual to enjoy it right out of the box. It’s simple

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